| Women's giant slalom at the X Paralympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Whistler Blackcomb |
| Dates | March 16 March 17 |
| Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics | ||
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| Combined | men | women |
| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
| Super-G | men | women |
The women's giant slalom competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics is held at Whistler Blackcomb in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition is scheduled for Tuesday, March 16, and Wednesday, March 17. [1]
In the giant slalom visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. [2] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded. [3]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 10 | Alana Nichols |  United States | 1:28.04 | 1 | 1:29.53 | 1 | 2:57.57 | |
 | 8 | Stephani Victor | United States | 1:29.49 | 2 | 1:32.29 | 3 | 3:01.78 | +4.21 |
 | 6 | Kuniko Obinata |  Japan | 1:34.75 | 5 | 1:33.96 | 4 | 3:08.71 | +11.14 |
| 4 | 1 | Tatsuko Aoki | Japan | 1:33.19 | 3 | 1:35.61 | 6 | 3:08.80 | +11.23 |
| 5 | 5 | Laurie Stephens | United States | 1:34.56 | 4 | 1:34.60 | 5 | 3:09.16 | +11.59 |
| 6 | 7 | Ricci Kilgore | United States | 1:40.47 | 9 | 1:36.97 | 7 | 3:17.44 | +19.87 |
| 7 | 3 | Anna Schaffelhuber |  Germany | 1:36.13 | 6 | 1:44.16 | 8 | 3:20.29 | +22.72 |
| 8 | 2 | Claudia Lösch |  Austria | 1:51.57 | 12 | 1:31.56 | 2 | 3:23.13 | +25.56 |
| 9 | 13 | Luba Lowery | United States | 1:41.06 | 10 | 1:45.24 | 9 | 3:26.30 | +28.73 |
| 10 | 4 | Anita Fuhrer |  Switzerland | 1:46.56 | 11 | 1:53.82 | 10 | 3:40.38 | +42.81 |
| 12 | Anna Turney |  Great Britain | 1:38.28 | 7 | DNF | ||||
| 14 | Linnea Ottosson Eide |  Sweden | 1:40.39 | 8 | DNF | ||||
| 15 | Erna Fridriksdottir |  Iceland | 2:00.62 | 13 | DNF | ||||
| 9 | Yoshiko Tanaka | Japan | DNS | ||||||
| 11 | Jane Sowerby | Great Britain | DSQ |
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Lauren Woolstencroft |  Canada | 1:15.62 | 1 | 1:18.41 | 1 | 2:34.03 | |
| 10 | Andrea Rothfuss | Germany | 1:21.18 | 3 | 1:20.42 | 2 | 2:41.60 | +7.57 |
| 11 | Petra Smarzova |  Slovakia | 1:20.73 | 2 | 1:20.90 | 3 | 2:41.63 | +7.60 |
| 4 | 2 | Karolina Wisniewska | Canada | 1:21.95 | 4 | 1:22.08 | 4 | 2:44.03 | +10.00 |
| 5 | 14 | Iveta Chlebakova | Slovakia | 1:22.45 | 5 | 1:22.60 | 6 | 2:45.05 | +11.02 |
| 6 | 1 | Solène Jambaqué |  France | 1:23.41 | 8 | 1:22.52 | 5 | 2:45.93 | +11.90 |
| 7 | 4 | Marie Bochet | France | 1:22.70 | 6 | 1:24.07 | 7 | 2:46.77 | +12.74 |
| 8 | 12 | Melania Corradini |  Italy | 1:23.73 | 9 | 1:24.55 | 8 | 2:48.28 | +14.25 |
| 9 | 8 | Allison Jones | United States | 1:23.07 | 7 | 1:29.19 | 11 | 2:52.26 | +18.23 |
| 10 | 3 | Marina Perterer | Austria | 1:27.32 | 10 | 1:26.69 | 10 | 2:54.01 | +19.98 |
| 11 | 13 | Arly Fogarty | Canada | 1:28.90 | 12 | 1:26.68 | 13 | 2:55.58 | +21.55 |
| 12 | 15 | Melanie Schwartz | Canada | 1:30.42 | 13 | 1:29.05 | 12 | 2:59.47 | +25.44 |
| 13 | 21 | Elena Kudyakova |  Russia | 1:31.24 | 14 | 1:28.32 | 9 | 2:59.56 | +25.53 |
| 14 | 22 | Laura Valeanu |  Romania | 1:35.21 | 15 | 1:30.83 | 14 | 3:06.04 | +32.01 |
| 15 | 18 | Hannah Pennington | United States | 1:40.82 | 16 | 1:37.58 | 15 | 3:18.40 | +44.37 |
| 16 | 23 | Paraskevi Christodoulopoulou |  Greece | 2:32.76 | 17 | 2:19.78 | 16 | 4:52.54 | +2:18.51 |
| 17 | Karin Fasel | Switzerland | 1:27.72 | 11 | DNF | ||||
| 6 | Inga Medvedeva | Russia | DNF | ||||||
| 7 | Nathalie Tyack | France | DNF | ||||||
| 16 | Elitsa Storey | United States | DNF | ||||||
| 20 | Katja Saarinen |  Finland | DNF | ||||||
| 19 | Ursula Pueyo Marimon |  Spain | DSQ | ||||||
| 24 | Gayane Usnyan |  Armenia | DSQ | ||||||
| 9 | Andrea Dziewior | Canada | DNS | ||||||
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